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Canada will send $5 billion in aid to Ukraine using funds from seized Russian assets, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday at a peace and security summit in Kyiv.

Trudeau made the pledge as he and a dozen other world leaders are in the Ukrainian capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, where support for Ukraine to end the war on its terms and with its territory intact remained strong.

β€œThis is not a conflict Ukraine wanted, provoked or asked for in any way,” Trudeau said at the summit table.

β€œThis is a war started for one reason and one reason only: Russia’s desire to erase Ukrainian history and expand their empire.”

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β€œWe cannot return to an era where might makes right,” Trudeau said. β€œWe must do everything in our power to enable Ukraine to secure a just and lasting peace, a peace that cannot be achieved without Ukrainians at the table.”

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Trudeau has been knocking it out of the park ever since he announced his resignation

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's crazy, once he stopped playing politics he became a pretty decent politician!

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No longer has to worry about re-election, so he can now make the proper call on issues

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

True, but polls show he also became more popular once he stopped making blatantly political moves (Carbon Tax exception for Heating Oil, etc) and started making "the proper call on issues". It might just be a rally-around-the-flag effect with US tariffs & 51st state stuff, but I think it's quite the coincidence!

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 38 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The Fuck Trudeau crowd is in shambles

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 days ago

Didn't you know that everyone who's bad is now Trudeau? Carney? Nah that's Trudeau in a mask! Freeland? Trudeau in a mask AND a dress.

[–] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

Nah, they're opinions were never based on fact. It was always them falling for the propaganda.

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I send them my regards.

Now that Trudeau is out of the picture - who are they going to fuck now?

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

I vote for themselves.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Us! At the voting station, when they vote for Ford

[–] epicstove@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Themselves maybe?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 6 days ago

Not the most familiar with Canadian politics, but isn't that because he got thrown a lot of Trump-shaped low-hanging fruits?

[–] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca 42 points 6 days ago

Ukrainian troops firing at Russians with weapons purchased with money from seized Russian assets.

That's poetry right there.

[–] randomname@scribe.disroot.org 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As an addition: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the UK also announced new sanctions against Russia at the start of this week.

[–] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

How much more can we realistically sanction?

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 26 points 6 days ago

A lot of mouth breathing Canadians are going to be mad at Trudeau again!

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago

Bravo! This is why Canada is loved by other nations.

It's also a HUGE "fuck you" to Trump and Putin.

Slava Ukraini!

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

How many frozen asset funds are remaining?

[–] novacomets@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 12 points 5 days ago

You can try the shape the narrative however you'd like but the world knows that Russia is not the good guy in this story.

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

Save your BS for Truth Social, snail.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Like every BS conspiracy theory, there is a kernel of truth, but it's exaggerated to a comical extreme. Yes, like pretty much every country, there are some Nazis in Ukraine. The focus from pro-Russian propagandists has often been on the Azov Brigade which IMHO does seems pretty neo-Nazi. However, I also give Ukraine as a whole a bit of a pass because wartime isn't a great time to de-Nazify and restructure your armed forces.

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

You can't buy bullets/cartridges, and guns with money? Weird. /s